The case for and against onshore wind energy in the UK
(PDF, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, June 2012).It has been argued that efficient combined cycle gas power plants may be a cheaper way of meeting our 2020 carbon reduction targets. However, it is clear that the further decarbonisation required in the 2020s cannot be achieved by heavily relying on unabated gas power stations. Rational policy-makers need to anticipate this and avoid locking in high-carbon electricity generation.

Nuclear power in a post-Fukushima world (Worldwatch Institute, 2011). Authors: Mycle Schneider, Antony Froggatt, Steve Thomas. Annual renewables capacity additions have been outpacing nuclear start-ups for 15 years. ... As of April 1, 2011, there were 437 nuclear reactors operating in the world — seven fewer than in 2002.

Chernobyl: consequences of the catastrophe for people and the environment (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, December 2009). This is a collection of papers translated from the Russian with some
revised and updated contributions. Written by leading authorities from
Eastern Europe, the volume outlines the history of the health and
environmental consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. Although there
has been discussion of the impact of nuclear accidents and Chernobyl in
particular, never before has there been a comprehensive presentation of
all the available information concerning the health and environmental
effects of the low dose radioactive contaminants, especially those
emitted from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.